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Nervous System Disease - Articles
Nervous System Diseases is a goo ...
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Dr. Brian M.

Posted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 3:02pm
Nervous System Diseases is a good website about neurological conditions, with an emphasis on neurosurgical disorders. The home page reads: "Our goal is to provide our readers with a complete, in-depth introduction to surgical diseases of the nervous system that is accessible and understandable even if you do not have a background in science or medicine
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Scleroderma and Central Nervous System Vasculitis
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Jan
Posted
Sat 09 Oct 2010 12:00am
Scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis) is a multisystem disease affecting the skin, lungs, kidneys, vascular system, myocardium, nervous system, and gastrointestinal tract. Most case reports and texts describing the effects of the disorder
on the nervous system have focused on the peripheral nervous system and the cranial nerves.
Central
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Progressive Systemic Sclerosis and Nervous System Involvement
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Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm
By R.A. Dierckx and Colleague
Nervous system involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) has been considered rare compared to other collagen diseases. We present... by electromyo- and electroneurographical examinations. Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations directly related to PSS are a rarity, which may reflect the lack of collagen
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Signals from nervous system influence immune system, study shows
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Dr. MJ Wegmann
Posted
Wed 07 Apr 2010 12:00am
signal which normally allows nerve cells to communicate with each other -to alter sleep cycles, for examplecan also re-direct actions of the immune system.
The research in mice confirms mounting evidence from studies of cultured cells that the nervous system directly influences the immune system.
In the PNAS paper and in the companion paper in the FASEB
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Dynamic Duo Targets Nervous System Killers
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Total Health Breakthroughs
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Fri 18 Sep 2009 10:59pm
The drugs doctors use for diseases of your nervous system don’t work very well. And they probably won’t tell you that combining two simple nutrients could halt or at least slow the effects of two of the most common ones, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases.
A new animal study published in the Journal of Neurochemistry shows that taking
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Insect Repellent DEET Linked to Central Nervous System Damage
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Stephen Tvedten
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Thu 06 Aug 2009 11:22pm
Insect Repellent DEET Linked to Central Nervous System Damage
A chemical agent used in many brands of insect repellents appears to damage the central nervous system... the acetylcholinesterase enzyme located in the central nervous system in not only insects, but also in mice. Carbamate insecticides and organophosphates interact much the same way and when combined
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